Evidence-Based Practice for Nurses

Hamilton, M. (1959). The assessment of anxiety states by rating. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 32(1), 50–55. Higgins, J ...

Resnick, B., & Nigg, C. (2003). Testing a theoretical model of exercise behavior for older adults. Nursing Research, 52(2), ...

CHAPTER OBJECTIVES KEY TERMS At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: ‹ Explain why performing a quality literature revi ...

© Madredus/Shutterstock At the end of this section, you will be able to: ‹ Explain why performing a quality literature review is ...

students in: the nature of research-evidence (authority), the type of research required in clinical practice (relevance), the po ...

to evaluate information and make informed decisions. As Gilmour, Scott, and Huntington (2008) note: Nurses in our study were con ...

practice procedures, initial time spent orienting with an expert about these systems is worthwhile. Just as nursing faculty are ...

FIGURE 4-1 The Scientific Publication Cycle Papers move into a less professional publication format, such as reviews or magazine ...

the systematic review, you can complete the search by searching for evidence published during time spans not covered by the syst ...

are judged by peer reviewers. When papers meet established criteria, they are accepted for publication. This process is designed ...

information technology, there is some cause for concern. Hawker, Payne, Kerr, Hardey, and Powell (2002) make the concern clear: ...

with clarifying the steps of conducting integrative reviews in nursing. Ganong’s article provided a grid layout that many find u ...

Put the following points of the scientific literature publication cycle in order. a. Finding cited in textbook b. Paper accepte ...

Most likely, you first read about the various procedures, learned what to expect in typical situations, and then practiced in a ...

professionals and, thus, to cost savings and health-care benefits” (p. 5). Few others on a campus or in a healthcare institution ...

to height or hair color because those system labels are not as straightforward and consistent as the alphabet is. The phone book ...

Other structures aid in finding information. For example, the table of con- tents in a book helps readers find information locat ...

while the publisher adds content-rich data that in turn increases findability of articles for keyword searching. Using authorita ...

Although the content and search strategies the two of you use will be similar, your resulting searches and appearance of the scr ...

required for a reference list. Record numbers, similar to call numbers for books, are numbers assigned by the information source ...